The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 12, 1978
Waxing Crescent
37.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:17 PM
12:49 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.6%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 686
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.4° / 78.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 31m / 7.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.77° / -2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.07° / 3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.40° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.